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| All source code in KDE SVN must meet the following requirements:
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| # All source files must contain a copyright header which identifies the copyright holder(s) together with a e-mail address that can be used to reach the copyright holder.
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| # Each source file must contain a license or a reference to a license which states under which terms the software may be used, modified and redistributed.
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| # Source files that are part of a library in kdelibs must be licensed under the terms of any of the following licenses:
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| #* '''LGPL''' as listed in <code>kdelibs/COPYING.LIB</code>
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| #* '''BSD license''' as listed in <code>kdelibs/COPYING.BSD</code> and below.<br/>Note that the BSD license '''does not contain the so called 'advertisement clause'.'''
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| #* '''X11 license''' as listed below.
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| # Any other source files must be licensed under the terms of one of the licenses listed under 3) or any of the following licenses:
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| #* '''GPL''' as listed in <code>kdelibs/COPYING</code>
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| #* '''QPL''' as listed below.
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| #* '''MIT license''' as listed below.
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| #* '''Artistic license''' as listed below.
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| == BSD License ==
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| <pre>
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| Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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| modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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| are met:
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| 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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| 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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| documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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| THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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| IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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| OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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| IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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| INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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| NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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| DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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| THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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| (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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| THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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| </pre>
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| == X11 License ==
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| <pre>
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| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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| of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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| in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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| to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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| copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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| furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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| The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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| all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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| THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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| IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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| FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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| X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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| AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
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| CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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| Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be
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| used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
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| in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.
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| </pre>
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| == QPL ==
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| <pre>
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| THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE
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| version 1.0
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| Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Trolltech AS, Norway.
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| Everyone is permitted to copy and
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| distribute this license document.
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| The intent of this license is to establish freedom to share and change the
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| software regulated by this license under the open source model.
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| This license applies to any software containing a notice placed by the
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| copyright holder saying that it may be distributed under the terms of
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| the Q Public License version 1.0. Such software is herein referred to as
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| the Software. This license covers modification and distribution of the
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| Software, use of third-party application programs based on the Software,
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| and development of free software which uses the Software.
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| Granted Rights
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| 1. You are granted the non-exclusive rights set forth in this license
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| provided you agree to and comply with any and all conditions in this
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| license. Whole or partial distribution of the Software, or software
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| items that link with the Software, in any form signifies acceptance of
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| this license.
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| 2. You may copy and distribute the Software in unmodified form provided
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| that the entire package, including - but not restricted to - copyright,
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| trademark notices and disclaimers, as released by the initial developer
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| of the Software, is distributed.
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| 3. You may make modifications to the Software and distribute your
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| modifications, in a form that is separate from the Software, such as
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| patches. The following restrictions apply to modifications:
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| a. Modifications must not alter or remove any copyright notices in
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| the Software.
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| b. When modifications to the Software are released under this
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| license, a non-exclusive royalty-free right is granted to the
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| initial developer of the Software to distribute your modification
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| in future versions of the Software provided such versions remain
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| available under these terms in addition to any other license(s) of
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| the initial developer.
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| 4. You may distribute machine-executable forms of the Software or
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| machine-executable forms of modified versions of the Software, provided
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| that you meet these restrictions:
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| a. You must include this license document in the distribution.
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| b. You must ensure that all recipients of the machine-executable forms
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| are also able to receive the complete machine-readable source code
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| to the distributed Software, including all modifications, without
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| any charge beyond the costs of data transfer, and place prominent
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| notices in the distribution explaining this.
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| c. You must ensure that all modifications included in the
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| machine-executable forms are available under the terms of this
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| license.
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| 5. You may use the original or modified versions of the Software to
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| compile, link and run application programs legally developed by you
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| or by others.
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| 6. You may develop application programs, reusable components and other
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| software items that link with the original or modified versions of the
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| Software. These items, when distributed, are subject to the following
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| a. You must ensure that all recipients of machine-executable forms of
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| these items are also able to receive and use the complete
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| machine-readable source code to the items without any charge
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| beyond the costs of data transfer.
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| b. You must explicitly license all recipients of your items to use
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| and re-distribute original and modified versions of the items in
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| both machine-executable and source code forms. The recipients must
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| be able to do so without any charges whatsoever, and they must be
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| able to re-distribute to anyone they choose.
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| c. If the items are not available to the general public, and the
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| initial developer of the Software requests a copy of the items,
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| then you must supply one.
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| Limitations of Liability
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| In no event shall the initial developers or copyright holders be liable
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| for any damages whatsoever, including - but not restricted to - lost
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| revenue or profits or other direct, indirect, special, incidental or
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| consequential damages, even if they have been advised of the possibility
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| of such damages, except to the extent invariable law, if any, provides
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| otherwise.
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| No Warranty
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| The Software and this license document are provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY
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| OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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| FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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| Choice of Law
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| This license is governed by the Laws of Norway. Disputes shall be settled
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| by Oslo City Court.
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| </pre>
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| == MIT license ==
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| <pre>
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| Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
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| and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
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| granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
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| copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
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| permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
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| documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in
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| advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
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| software without specific, written prior permission.
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| The author disclaim all warranties with regard to this
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| software, including all implied warranties of merchantability
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| and fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any
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| special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages
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| whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
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| in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action,
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| arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
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| this software.
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| </pre>
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| == Artistic License ==
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| <pre>
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| The "Artistic License"
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| Preamble
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| The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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| Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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| semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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| while giving the users of the package the right to use and
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| distribute the Package in a more-or-less customary fashion, plus the
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| right to make reasonable modifications.
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| Definitions:
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| * "Package" refers to the collection of files distributed by the
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| Copyright Holder, and derivatives of that collection of files
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| created through textual modification.
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| * "Standard Version" refers to such a Package if it has not been
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| modified, or has been modified in accordance with the wishes of
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| the Copyright Holder.
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| * "Copyright Holder" is whoever is named in the copyright or
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| copyrights for the package.
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| * "You" is you, if you're thinking about copying or distributing
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| this Package.
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| * "Reasonable copying fee" is whatever you can justify on the
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| basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
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| involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to
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| the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at
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| large as a market that must bear the fee.)
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| * "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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| itself, though there may be fees involved in handling the item.
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| It also means that recipients of the item may redistribute it
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| under the same conditions they received it.
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| 1. You may make and give away verbatim copies of the source form of
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| the Standard Version of this Package without restriction, provided
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| that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and
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| associated disclaimers.
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| 2. You may apply bug fixes, portability fixes and other
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| modifications derived from the Public Domain or from the Copyright
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| Holder. A Package modified in such a way shall still be considered
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| the Standard Version.
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| 3. You may otherwise modify your copy of this Package in any way,
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| stating how and when you changed that file, and provided that you do
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| a) place your modifications in the Public Domain or
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| otherwise make them Freely Available, such as by posting
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| said modifications to Usenet or an equivalent medium, or
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| placing the modifications on a major archive site such as
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| ftp.uu.net, or by allowing the Copyright Holder to include
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| your modifications in the Standard Version of the Package.
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| b) use the modified Package only within your corporation
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| c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not
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| conflict with standard executables, which must also be
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| provided, and provide a separate manual page for each
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| non-standard executable that clearly documents how it
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| differs from the Standard Version.
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| d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright
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| 4. You may distribute the programs of this Package in object code or
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| a) distribute a Standard Version of the executables and
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| b) accompany the distribution with the machine-readable
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| c) accompany any non-standard executables with their
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| documenting the differences in manual pages (or
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| equivalent), together with instructions on where to get
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| the Standard Version.
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| d) make other distribution arrangements with the Copyright
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| Holder.
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| 5. You may charge a reasonable copying fee for any distribution of
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| this Package. You may charge any fee you choose for support of this
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| Package. You may not charge a fee for this Package itself. However,
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| you may distribute this Package in aggregate with other (possibly
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| commercial) programs as part of a larger (possibly commercial)
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| software distribution provided that you do not advertise this
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| Package as a product of your own.
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| 6. The scripts and library files supplied as input to or produced as
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| output from the programs of this Package do not automatically fall
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| under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever
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| generated them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated
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| with this Package.
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| 7. C or perl subroutines supplied by you and linked into this
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| Package shall not be considered part of this Package.
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| 8. The name of the Copyright Holder may not be used to endorse or
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| promote products derived from this software without specific prior
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| written permission.
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| 9. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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| IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
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| WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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| The End
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